Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community

How the global and national levels interrelate in climate policymaking: Foreign Policy Analysis and the case of Carbon Capture Storage in Norway's foreign policy

“…The small but vibrant literature on the politics of CCS suggests that the concept has been used to align environmental and industry interests in industrialized fossil fuel-producing economies (Meadowcroft and Langhelle, 2009;Pollak et al, 2011). But attempts to coordinate various national CCS efforts have hardly resulted in strengthened international cooperation (de Coninck and Backstrand, 2011;Stephens et al, 2011). Despite this, a handful of countries push globally to make CCS a reality.…”

Meeting the Targets or Re-Imagining Society? An Empirical Study into the Ethical Landscape of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Scotland

“…This focus on peripheral stakeholders and informed publics was because we sought to understand how overarching ethical and moral concepts informed people's perceptions of CCS. Previous research shows that those within the CCS epistemic community are less open to critical reflection on the technology due to institutional and personal commitments (Stephens et al, 2011), whereas low awareness makes general public opinions on CCS unstable and subject to frequent change (de Best-Waldhober et al, 2009). Analysis of interview data and recorded discussion followed an adaptation of Doucet and Mauthner's (2008) 'Listening Guide', reading the transcript four times: once for the analyst's own responses; once for where the interviewee speaks about themselves; once for where the interviewee talks about relationships; and once for links to wider themes.…”

Deliberative Decarbonisation? Assessing the Potential of an Ethical Governance Framework for Low-Carbon Energy through the Case of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

“…Stephens et al (2011) argue that the international CCS community displays all the signs of such an epistemic community, in which problems, rationales, and solutions are tightly defined by the community, with well-rehearsed responses to challenge or criticism from external actors. In such a model the epistemic community essentially defines the role of the public as one of receiving information and being consulted on only minutiae.…”